Kick-off meeting of the 6th Lutheran/Roman Catholic Commission in Slovenia
From February 2 to 8, Prof. Dr. Markus Lersch took part in the constituent meeting of the 6th International Lutheran/Roman Catholic Commission for Unity in Slovenia as a member of the Vatican delegation.
Advanced Seminar in Historical Theology Siegen with Bonn
On March 23, 2026, the Department of Historical Theology at the University of Siegen will continue its established cooperation with the Department of Ancient Church History at the University of Bonn's Faculty of Catholic Theology.
Change of spokesperson team in the AKRK Didactics section
Habilitation of Dr. Sebastian Hanstein completed
We congratulate our colleague Dr. Sebastian Hanstein on completing his habilitation in Ancient Church History and Patrology at the Catholic Theological Schools of the University of Bonn!
Publication of the dissertation "Studies on the history and religious history of Aksum" by Niklas Bend
In October 2025, Niklas Bend's dissertation "Studien zur Geschichte und Religionsgeschichte Aksums" was published by Steiner-Verlag as the 32nd volume in the series "Altertumswissenschaftliches Kolloquium".
New staff members in historical theology
Conference "Living with death" in cooperation with the University of Erfurt
What helps people to live with the inevitability of their own death and the death of their fellow human beings? This question was explored at a joint interdisciplinary conference organized by the Department of Historical Theology at the University of Siegen (Monnica Klöckener) and the Department of Ancient Church History at the University of Erfurt (Notker Baumann). Scholars from Catholic and Protestant church history, ancient history, classical philology and archaeology examined the memory of the deceased, the philosophical examination of death and the hope of the afterlife as comforting aspects that contribute to shaping life under the conditio humana of mortality in textual testimonies and material sources. The conference was accompanied by a guided tour of the two columbaria in the All Saints' Church and the Magdalen Chapel in Erfurt. The results of the conference are expected to appear in the ZKG at the end of 2026. You can find the program here
What helps people to live with the inevitability of their own death and the death of their fellow human beings? This question was explored at a joint interdisciplinary conference organized by the Department of Historical Theology at the University of Siegen (Monnica Klöckener) and the Department of Ancient Church History at the University of Erfurt (Notker Baumann). Scholars from Catholic and Protestant church history, ancient history, classical philology and archaeology examined the memory of the deceased, the philosophical examination of death and the hope of the afterlife as comforting aspects that contribute to shaping life under the conditio humana of mortality in textual testimonies and material sources. The conference was accompanied by a guided tour of the two columbaria in the All Saints' Church and the Magdalen Chapel in Erfurt. The results of the conference are expected to be published in the ZKG at the end of 2026. You can find the program hereWhat helps people to live with the inevitability of their own death and the death of their fellow human beings? This question was explored at a joint interdisciplinary conference of the Department of Historical Theology at the University of Siegen (Monnica Klöckener) and the Department of Ancient Church History at the University of Erfurt (Notker Baumann). Scholars from Catholic and Protestant church history, ancient history, classical philology and archaeology examined the memory of the deceased, the philosophical examination of death and the hope of the afterlife as comforting aspects that contribute to shaping life under the conditio humana of mortality in textual testimonies and material sources. The conference was accompanied by a guided tour of the two columbaria in the All Saints' Church and the Magdalen Chapel in Erfurt. The results of the conference are expected to be published in the ZKG at the end of 2026. You can find the program here
What helps people to live with the inevitability of their own death and the death of their fellow human beings?
Interdisciplinary Advanced Seminar of Historical Theology Siegen in Bonn
During the lecture-free period, the already established interdisciplinary advanced seminar of historical theology with the Ancient Church History of the Catholic Theological Schools of the University of Bonn and the Ancient History of the University of Siegen took place again.
